Shloka 77
अतिक्रमेच्च माहात्म्याद् दिष्टमप्यर्थपर्ययम् । अतिक्रान्ते च लोकानामभावो नियतं भवेत्,“ये अपनी महिमासे दैवके भी निश्चित विधानको पलट सकते हैं; यदि ऐसा हुआ तो सम्पूर्ण लोकोंका अवश्य ही अन्त हो जायगा
atikramec ca mahātmyād diṣṭam apy artha-paryayam | atikrānte ca lokānām abhāvo niyataṁ bhavet ||
Sañjaya said: “By sheer greatness one might even overturn what fate has fixed, reversing the ordained course of events. But if such a transgression of the cosmic order were to occur, the inevitable result would be the dissolution of the worlds themselves.”
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even if extraordinary power could overturn destiny, violating the ordained cosmic order (dharma/niyati) is portrayed as destabilizing reality itself; ethical restraint is implied because unchecked overriding of fate leads to universal ruin.
Sañjaya comments on the stakes of actions in the war: he frames certain potential reversals of what is divinely fixed as not merely personal or political, but as a threat to the stability of the entire world-order.